Reviews: What People Are Saying
Press Links
Over many years, Dave has contributed to lots of articles and been profiled by local media.
Organizations
Dave collaborates with many environmental organizations like Audubon, Wildland Restoration Volunteers, Boulder Philharmonic, Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks and more.
Awards
Dave has been the recipient of many awards including the CAEE Enos Mills Lifetime Achievement Award.
Program participant and Individual Reviews:
“Of course we’d follow Dave on any hike; we’ve all learned more than we could absorb from just five minutes with this guy on a trail.”
- Priscilla Stuckey, author of Kissed by a Fox
“Dave Sutherland is a treasure!”
-Hike participant
“Look who's totally flunking retirement!”
-Yvonne Barkley
“My kids and my best friends’ kids are very shy around new adults, but our ranger, Dave, started out discussing some bear poop, and right away, the kids opened up and loved him. I have never seen them more engaged and willing to ask questions than with him. Finally, they wouldn’t leave him alone (and he didn’t mind!) And they were picking up anything and everything to ask him what it was.”
- Local Homeschool Mother
“Dave Sutherland did several astronomy sessions every year at the Boulder Reservoir. He'd set up Boulder Open Space's telescope and have a long line of people line up to see planets, star clusters, galaxies, maybe the occasional satellite orbiting overhead. His enthusiasm was contagious, and his knowledge of the sky encyclopedic.”
- Ed Post
“Wow, you are such a gift to all of us here in Colorado. I have to tell you that your joie de vivre and enthusiasm (I have attended 2 of your programs) has had a tremendous impact on me. I am inspired by how much joy you have in what you share with all of us that attend, and I am reminded to find my own 'wonder' and spirit in the things around me. Thank you for being you, you have made a difference in my life by awakening my own enthusiasm and energy!”
— Kathy Holmes
"We at Save Boulder Creek couldn’t have picked a better person with whom to do a Boulder Creek Walk! Naturalist Dave Sutherland is one of the most ecologically astute people we know here in Boulder, Colorado. We meandered along the creek and chatted about many issues related to maintaining a healthy riparian habitat during our creek walk chat with Dave. We’ll be sharing this in a Q and A on our #savebouldercreek website. Pix here include Dave showing off the secret trapdoor in one of our fave native wildflowers, Golden Banner."